Mid-Continent University

Mid-Continent University was a private nonprofit four-year institution located in Mayfield, Kentucky. The university was affiliated with the Kentucky Baptist Convention and offered undergraduate degree programs with a Christian liberal arts focus. The institution closed in 2014 after facing financial difficulties and losing its regional accreditation from the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools.

No specific program offerings are listed in available data for the period prior to closure. Mid-Continent University historically offered bachelor's degree programs in areas including business administration, Christian ministry, teacher education, and liberal arts, serving students from western Kentucky and surrounding regions.

Mayfield is a city in Graves County in the Jackson Purchase region of western Kentucky. The closure of Mid-Continent University ended its role as one of the few four-year degree-granting institutions in the rural western Kentucky region, affecting students, faculty, and the broader Mayfield community.